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John Cunnison "Ian" Catford (26 March 1917 – 6 October 2009) was a Scottish linguist and phonetician of worldwide renown. Biography. Catford was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. After his secondary and university studies, he studied phonetics. He taught English abroad (in Greece, in Palestine and in Egypt), including during World War II.
Catford is a district in south east London, England, and the administrative centre of the London Borough of Lewisham. It is southwest of Lewisham itself, mostly in the Rushey Green and Catford South wards. The population of Catford, including Bellingham, was 44,905 in 2011. Catford covers most of SE6 postcode district.
During his 70 years as a linguist, John C. Catford inspired us as scholar, teacher, and colleague. He was, as well, a voracious reader of all matters linguistic; whenever linguists gather in the Catford Seminar Room in Lorch Hall, we are surrounded by the library that he so generously donated.
J. C. Catford (1917-2009) was a professor of linguistics at the University of Michigan from 1964-1986. Materials in this online repository Include video recordings of “The Catford Lectures,” a series of eight lectures given by Catford on occasion of his retirement.
Nov 5, 2012 · Professor Emeritus J. C. Ian Catford was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1917 and died peacefully in Seattle, Washington, in 2009. Ian's father was English and his mother was Scottish. He grew up in Edinburgh and considered himself more Scottish than English.
- Jimmy G. Harris, John H. Esling
- 2012
Catford is a district in south east London, England, and the administrative centre of the London Borough of Lewisham. It is southwest of Lewisham itself, mostly in the Rushey Green and Catford South wards. The population of Catford, including Bellingham, was 44,905 in 2011. Quick Facts Population, OS grid reference ...
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People from Catford. This category includes people from the Catford neighbourhood of the London Borough of Lewisham in Greater London, England. It was part of Kent until 1889.
